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The Packer has added two to its sales staff.

Growers for Stellar Distributing Inc., Madera, Calif., have added about 600 acres of figs this year, according to Kurt Cappelluti, sales manager.

Western Fresh Marketing will sell in excess of 5 million pounds of figs this year, said George Kragie, president of the Madera-based company.

Local, state and federal agricultural entities have lifted a Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine in northern Los Angeles County.

Center for Growing Talent executive director and Produce Marketing Association senior vice president Margi Prueitt will retire in February.

Compared to immigration-related tweets and tirades in Washington, D.C., the fate of the stoic farm bill is considerably less entertaining.

Studies published in Business Week show that 62% of mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve the negotiated revenue, market share and profit increases.

Produce industry veteran Tristan Simpson has joined Hanford, Calif.-based Nichols Farms as its chief sales and marketing officer.

Masser Potato Farms, Sacramento, Pa., hired Charles “Chip” Callahan as director of foodservice sales.

Pennsylvania apple marketer Fred Hess, 70, died June 14.